Billy Gilmour has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence, but Chelsea legend Pat Nevin says a midfielder being branded “Billyesta” by a new-found fan base is no “overnight success”.
As a fellow Scot, Nevin has been fully aware of the 18-year-old’s potential for some time.
Those at Stamford Bridge bought into that when luring an exciting talent way from his native Glasgow at Rangers.
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It was always considered to be only a matter of time before Gilmour got a big break at senior level - although few could have predicted that it would come quite so soon, or that British football’s latest teenage sensation would make such a spectacular impact.